Higher abatacept exposure after transplant decreases acute GVHD risk without increasing adverse events

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In the ABA2 study, the T-cell costimulation blockade agent, abatacept, was safe and effective in preventing acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) after unrelated-donor hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT), leading to US Food and Drug Administration approval. Here, we performed a determination of abatacept pharmacokinetics (PK), which enabled an examination of how abatacept exposure-response relationships affected clinical outcomes. We performed a population PK analysis of IV abatacept using nonlinear mixed-effect modeling and assessed the association between abatacept exposure and key transplant outcomes. We tested the association between the trough after dose 1 (Ctrough_1) and grade (GR) 2 or 4 aGVHD (GR2-4 aGVHD) through day +100. An optimal Ctrough_1 threshold was identified via recursive partitioning and classification tree analysis. This demonstrated that abatacept PK was characterized by a 2-compartment model with first-order elimination. The ABA2 dosing regimen was based on previous work targeting a steady-state abatacept trough of 10 μg/mL. However, a higher Ctrough_1 (≥39 μg/mL, attained in ∼60% of patients on ABA2) was associated with a favorable GR2-4 aGVHD risk (hazard ratio, 0.35; 95% confidence interval, 0.19-0.65; P < .001), with a Ctrough_1 <39 μg/mL associated with GR2-4 aGVHD risk indistinguishable from placebo (P = .37). Importantly, no significant association was found between Ctrough_1 and key safety indicators, including relapse, and cytomegalovirus or Epstein-Barr virus viremia. These data demonstrate that a higher abatacept Ctrough_1 (≥39 μg/mL) was associated with a favorable GR2-4 aGVHD risk, without any observed exposure-toxicity relationships. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT01743131.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Blood. 2023 Aug 24;142(8):680-682. - PMID 37616024

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:142

Enthalten in:

Blood - 142(2023), 8 vom: 24. Aug., Seite 700-710

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Takahashi, Takuto [VerfasserIn]
Al-Kofahi, Mahmoud [VerfasserIn]
Jaber, Mutaz [VerfasserIn]
Bratrude, Brandi [VerfasserIn]
Betz, Kayla [VerfasserIn]
Suessmuth, Yvonne [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Alison [VerfasserIn]
Neuberg, Donna S [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Sung W [VerfasserIn]
Davis, Jeffrey [VerfasserIn]
Duncan, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Giller, Roger [VerfasserIn]
Grimley, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Harris, Andrew C [VerfasserIn]
Jacobsohn, David [VerfasserIn]
Lalefar, Nahal [VerfasserIn]
Farhadfar, Nosha [VerfasserIn]
Pulsipher, Michael A [VerfasserIn]
Shenoy, Shalini [VerfasserIn]
Petrovic, Aleksandra [VerfasserIn]
Schultz, Kirk R [VerfasserIn]
Yanik, Gregory A [VerfasserIn]
Blazar, Bruce R [VerfasserIn]
Horan, John T [VerfasserIn]
Watkins, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Langston, Amelia [VerfasserIn]
Qayed, Muna [VerfasserIn]
Kean, Leslie S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7D0YB67S97
Abatacept
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial

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Date Completed 25.08.2023

Date Revised 24.03.2024

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01743131

CommentIn: Blood. 2023 Aug 24;142(8):680-682. - PMID 37616024

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1182/blood.2023020035

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358210275